David Dayen

@ddayen

How the party treats Trump’s pick for antitrust enforcement will speak volumes about its commitment to fighting corporate consolidation.

After Hurricane Harvey, lawmakers could keep shoveling money into stopgap programs—or they could admit that warming seas won't fix themselves.

Why do we keep falling for the myth that business leaders are the moral pillars of America?

My article about a bank's law-breaking during the housing crisis became a political football, obscuring the real issue at hand.

The bank is a serial corporate criminal that has screwed over millions of Americans. Here's what the government should do about it.

Did Trump use an executive order to aid a generous corporate backer?

In a rare show of competency, he's tapped five times as many judges as Obama had at this point—and conservatives are delighted.

When the Justice Department goes easy on Wall Street, battered women pay the price.

The outgoing president has one final trump card—and he should play it.

Democrats think they can work with Trump to repair the country's roads and bridges. But there's a hitch.

Let's face it: Liberals helped stoke the rage that elected Donald Trump.

A court ruling this week has thrust Europe's future into deeper uncertainty.

After the 2016 election, we now know the answer. Campaign coverage has never been more vacuous, policy-free, and corrosive to democracy.

It won't be her fault: Republican obstructionism, internal divisions, and austerity fetishism will leave the next president no good options for dealing with a downturn.

Thousands of veterans are being unjustly squeezed by the Pentagon. Congress can stop it—unless silly budget politics get in the way.

If you believe Chuck Schumer, she's planning to slash taxes on overseas profits next year—massively and permanently.

The fight for Prop 61 in California could be a watershed moment in American health care.

What John Podesta’s emails from 2008 reveal about the way power works in the Democratic Party.

For now.